The mechanics of slithering locomotion

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 10081-10085

  Hu, David L ^a,b   Nirody, Jasmine ^a   Scott, Terri ^a   Shelley, Michael J ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Friction; Locomotion; Snake

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKE; THEORETICAL MODEL; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; COLUBRIDAE; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

SERPENTES;

EID: 67649849905     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0812533106     Document Type: Article

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